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• ShakespeareD said June 21, 2008

  Pretty one sided and misinformed argument. Brian Bannister is 6-6 with a 4.81 ERA for the worst team in the league. If he was on the Mets, he would be pitching in AAA ball. The Heath Bell trade didn't work out, but he had plenty of chances as a Mets. He had a 5.59 ERA in 2005 and 5.11 ERA in 2006. As a Mets fan, you should know that some players aren't equiped to pitch in New York and Bell was a perfect example. If this was the worst trade Minaya made as the GM, I am certainly not complaining, considering some of his deals that worked out (John Maine for nothing, Johan Santana for .30 cents on the dollar). Mike Jacobs has hit a fair amount of home runs this year. He is also hitting .235 with a .268 OBP. If he was doing that for the Mets, you would be complaining about how he needed to be replaced.
  Now for the signings. Minaya had to give Pedro 4 years or he would have taken the 3 year deal Boston was offering. Obviously, this trade made the Mets relevant again, so any Mets fan would do it ten times over. Remember how much 2003 and 2004 sucked. "Why did Delgado get that great of a deal?" I would hope that you would remember, being that you write a Mets themed blog, that Florida signed Delgado, not the Mets. You'll have to ask Larry Beinfest that one. Alou hasn't worked out as planned, but this certainly isn't to blame for the Mets losing down the stretch. I'm sure you recall Alou having a 30 game hitting streak at the end of the season while the Mets were blowing the lead. I am oging to go out on a limb and say that Alou's .341 clip last year was helpful, rather than detrimental. The Castillo signing does not look good right now, but Omar bashers forget one important thing. Castillo is Johan Santana's best friend. As soon as he was resigned he began to sell Santana (full no trade) on the idea of coming to New York. One of the big reasons Santana is here, as he mentioned in his press conference, is Castillo convincing him to come along. That being said, I would have been willing to offer Castillo 10 years if Johan freaking Santana is part of the package.
  Listen, the Mets have underachieved for a long time now. I can understand the Omar bashing, though most of it is uneducated spin (ie. The Sizemore, Phillips (who the Indians cut), Lee trade. What the hell does that have to do with anything that's happened with the Mets!?!?) Minaya's worst move? Hiring Willie Randolph and keeping him around for another year even though it was obvious the team had quit on him. If you were to criticize that move, your argument would be much more coherent.

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